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Yankton County Fatal Crash
Yankton County, S.D.- A 45-year-old man died Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash in Yankton County. The names of the people involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a Ford van was [Read More…]
Dakota Access Pipeline protest costs debated during federal trial
BISMARCK — A trial expected to shed new light on a federal agency’s management — and potential mismanagement — of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests kicked off Thursday in federal court. North Dakota is seeking [Read More…]
Pace of Medicaid enrollment remains slower than expected
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Fewer people than expected are signing up for Medicaid through an expansion backed by voters in 2022, and the state Department of Social Services is adjusting its budget to reflect the [Read More…]
Yankton Man Sentenced to 85 Years in Prison for Manslaughter Plea
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a Yankton man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison after he had earlier pled guilty to First Degree Manslaughter in connection to [Read More…]
Spearfish, Standing Rock receive grants as Biden sends nearly $1 billion to airports
The Biden administration will send close to $1 billion to airports across the country to upgrade terminal facilities, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday. Among the recipients are the city of Spearfish and the Standing [Read More…]
A former South Dakota attorney general urges the state Supreme Court to let him keep his law license
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Wednesday urged the state Supreme Court to dismiss an effort to suspend his law license, arguing that he took responsibility and acted professionally [Read More…]
Lawmakers endorse summer children’s food program, nix expansion of reduced price school meals
Seth Tupper, Makenzie Huber – South Dakota Searchlight A bill to include South Dakota in a summer food program for children advanced to the next step of the legislative process Wednesday in Pierre, while legislation [Read More…]
Mitchell Native Logan Culhane to Appear on Season 22 of American Idol
Logan Culhane, a Black Hills State University student, will be appearing on Season 22 of American Idol. The season will premiere Feb. 18, and Culhane will be featured in one of the audition episodes. Culhane [Read More…]
Budget committee looks to revenue post-COVID federal funds, adopts ‘conservative’ projection
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Appropriations officially adopted the revenue projections for the remainder of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 on Wednesday morning at the Capitol. The committee [Read More…]
Teacher pay mandates pass committee without promise of new funding
Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight A bill requiring public schools to raise teacher pay with no promise of new state funding passed a legislative committee Wednesday in Pierre. Nobody testified against the legislation, but several lobbyists [Read More…]
Pennington County prosecutor charges man for death of transgender woman
South Dakota Searchlight A Pennington County grand jury has charged a Rapid City man with manslaughter for the August 2022 death of a transgender Native American woman. The Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday [Read More…]
Firefighter Cancer Compensation Legislation Fails
Firefighting is inherently risky, but the long-term effects on firefighters’ health, particularly the potential link to cancer, remain a subject of debate among lawmakers. Studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer have labeled [Read More…]
Father Pleads Guilty in Death of Infant Son in Sioux Falls
Dylan Castimore, a 24-year-old man from Sioux Falls, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and child abuse in the death of his 8-week-old son, Daxton Castimore. The infant suffered fatal injuries while left alone with his [Read More…]
State revenue projections ‘cautiously conservative’ as COVID federal funding ends
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Financial experts are cautious heading into the 2025 fiscal year, expecting South Dakota to have one of its lowest increases in revenue in the last 15 years. At the Joint [Read More…]
Deepfakes bill clears state Senate, loses impact on 2024 primary
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A bill to bar the dissemination of unlabeled “deepfakes” within 90 days of an election cleared the state Senate on Tuesday, but not before lawmakers stripped it of an emergency [Read More…]
Blaze pink may become an official hunter safety color in South Dakota
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — A committee of lawmakers endorsed a bill Tuesday that would add blaze pink as a legally recognized hunter safety color. The South Dakota House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [Read More…]
Dakota Wesleyan Names Ross Cimpl New Director of Athletics, Alex Kretzschmar Named New Head Football Coach
MITCHELL, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University announced Tuesday that Head Football Coach Ross Cimpl has been hired as the University’s new Director of Athletics. Cimpl was appointed interim director in November. In addition to Cimpl’s [Read More…]
Crunching state budget numbers
The state budget that South Dakota lawmakers set during this year’s session begins to come into focus this week. Senator Lee Schoenbeck of Watertown is president pro tem. He says revenue estimates are due this [Read More…]
Mitchell’s Ryan Stahle Wins Outstanding Performing Arts Educator Award
A total of 56 individuals have been selected to receive Outstanding Performing Arts Educator Awards from the National Federation of State High School Associations, including 22 with Outstanding Music Educator Awards, 21 with Outstanding Speech [Read More…]
American Legion Baseball: Addressing a Tragic Scandal and Reaffirming Core Values
C.P. Van Derlist, head of South Dakota’s American Legion chapter, talked to Dakota News Now earlier this week regarding the rape scandal involving Mitchell’s American Legion baseball program. Van Derlist expressed deep concern for the [Read More…]
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